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its sawmill near Prineville, Ore. His posi- tion with D-N has been filled by Milton Rothwell, a z7-year man with the Diamond organization.

Cha,rlie Atkinson, well-known Chico lumberman, has joined Chico Moulding as purchasing agent, replacing Earl Deerlng, who has rejoined Paul Bunyan Lumber Co. as assistant salesmanager.

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Bob Neiman of Neiman-Reed Lumber Co., Van Nuys, is spending part of July and August ranching: with his family in F resno county. He travels back to the firm by air and is sporting a deep-brown suntan.

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Timber Engineering Company (TECO), Washington, D.C., has a four-page booklet

Arch Hardyment, assistant vice-president, Research department, Security First National Bank, gave one of the most important and interesting talks ever heard by the Wholesale Lumbermen's Association of Southern California at their recent meeting at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.. Hardyment, one of the Southland's outstanding researchers, stated that, in general, we are in a "dynamic growth" area, and a growing economy gives special help to the Southland.

In backing this up, Hardyment indicated that their studies foresee a 10 million Southern California population before the end of 1960. The area is adding 1,000 people per day right now.

At a lengthy question-and,answer period following the talk, he stated that a good guess for housing units (dwell- ings) would be 135,000 to 140,000 for the year, a decline of about l4/o from 1959.

During the first five months of 1960, the number of dwelling units authorized has been running at an average rate of 4@ per day. This compares with a daily rate of 571 during the same period of 1959.

_ Hardyment noted that the volume of homebuilding was down in each of thd 14 counties, with the excepti,on of Fresno and Kern counties. However, the strong trend in the construction of multiple dwellings is helping to maintain the 1960 building rate in Los Angeles County at a level only 6/o below that of 1959.

This was Hardyment's second appearance at a Wholesale Lumbermen's meeting; his first was in February of this year. It is interesting to note that predictions made at the February meeting were almost perfect in every case.